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Jan. 22, 1946'.

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ATTORNEY Jan. 22,1946. j Y c. E. CARLSEN 2,393,289

TOY

Filed Aug. 14, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v v a5 .12. .14. 'INVENTOR.

CARL f. CHELSEA].

ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 22, 1946 Carl E. Carlsen, New York, N. Y.

Application August 14, 1944, Serial No. 549,420

2 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in toys, and it has for its object to provide a toy that, in conformity with the interest in sports as evidenced by the public, is thought to present a device which will meet with unique interest, and which will lend itself to be played by'people of actually any age, although it is, of course, mainly intended as a plaything for children, and particularly boys.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated lathe-accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view, showing my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is another side elevational view, with parts broken off, and showing a pair of imitation bodies in fighting action.

Figures 4 and 5 are side elevational views, partly in section, and showing the progressive positions of the said bodies during a fighting action; while Figure 5a, which i also a side elevation partly in section, shows the final knock-out.

Figures 6, '7, 8, 9 and 10 are detail views, showing the difierent members of a body, as referred to hereinafter.

Figure, 11 is a side elevational view, partly in section, of a combined bracket and base support.

Figure 12 is a side elevation of a modification of my device; and

Figure 13 is a top plan view of said modification; while Figure 14 is a front elevational view of the same. 7

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numerals 20, indicate bases for the imitation bodies 40, 40, which may be attached to the latter by means of brackets 2|, 2| fixedly secured to said bases in any convenient manner.

The bases 20 also serve as operating or manipulating handles for playing the game. Each base 20 has at one end thereof an operating knob 22, generally held by the hand of a player.

A board member 36 consists of a blank of suitable material of any shape, herein shown as rectangular; said board has the usual battle rin indicated thereon, a shown at 31 in Figure 2;

said indication corresponding to the markings in anordinary fighting ring.

The board has upon each side of the ring 31 a preferably round stud 33 adapted to engage and move in the hole 39 of the base 20; said studs and holes serving as a means, for instance, to hold the fighting bodies within the ring during the play, and in moving the bodies forth and back during said game, which is decidedly one of skill.

The base 20 and. bracket 2| have a cut-out 33 at the front thereof to accommodate the body 40, as will behereinafter further described.

The said body comprises the front member 23, shown in detail in Figure 8; said member 23 has a set off 24 for engagement with the cut-out 30, when the body is in an upright position; the member 23 is pivotally attached to the bracket 2|, as shown at 25. The said body 40 further comprises a rear member 26 terminating in a head-portion 21, as shown in detail in Figure 6.

The said member 26 is formed with a cut-out 28 therein to enable said member to rest steadily upon the bracket 2|, when the body is in an upright position. The member 26 is pivotally secured to a breast-portion 29, as at 3|, while the front member 23 of the body is fixedly secured to said breast-portion in any convenient manner.

One arm is pivotally secured to said breastportion as at 33, while the other arm 34 may be solidly fastened to the other side of the breastportion, or an imitation arm may be painted upon said other side of the breast-portion.

While the construction may well be to the effect than only one breast plate is used, or that the breast-portion, or trunk of the body 29 is formed in one unit, it is essential that the string 45 is attached to the arm 32 at such a place that the string in operating said arm will not collapse the body; it is also apparent that the body must be fulcrumed near its front, as shown, for instance at 25, to prevent undue collapse of the body. For the sake of illustration, two breast plates areshown herein to make up the breastportion; the members 23 and 26 being arranged between said breast plates. An operable string, as referred to above, is secured to the movable arm 32 in any suitable manner, for instance by means of an aperture II in said arm.

In the Figures 12, 13 and 14 are shown a modification of my invention to the effect that both arms 32' and 34' of the fighting bodies are movable and operated by two strings I5, 45'; said strings may, if desired, be operated by means of a handle 44, as shown in Figure 13. The underlying principles of this modification are otherwise substantially the same as those of the invention hereinbefore described.

In case the board 36, for instance due to shipping facilities, is cut short, so as to leave only the ring portion 37, the base 20 may be provided with a small projection 35, serving in this instance as a support for said base.

The game is played in the following manner:

The players are facing each othm'.

Each player has one hand on the knob 22, while the other hand holds the string 45.

In moving the bodies of the game forth and back, and sometimes sideways, it is an object of each player to bring the body operated by him into such a position that he by swiftl and skillfully manipulating the string 45 may cause the arm 32 to deliver a striking blow under the chin 43 of the head of the body operated by the opponent, as indicated i fi u s 3 and 4, whereby the body so struck will fall or collapse nto, the successive positions shown in the Figures 5 and 5a; the last figure illustrating a complete knock out.

It is obvious that some changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts, as shown, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not, therefore, wish to. limit myself to. the exact construction and arrangement shown and described herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a device of the class described, two imitation bodies, each of said bodies comprising a front member formed with a set off at the bottom thereof, a base, a bracket fixedly secured to the latter, said bracket having a cutout at the front thereof adapted to receive said set off, a rear body member terminating in a head portion, said rear member having a cut-out therein for engaging the said bracket when the body is in an upright position, a breast the front and ar eer membe in se u d o, th latter, the rear member in a pivotal manner, an arm pivotally attached to said breast portion, and an operating string connected to said arm, substantial- 1y as and for the purpose set forth.

2 In a device of the class described, two imitation bodies, each of said bodies comprising a front body member formed with a set off at the bottom thereof, a base, a bracket fixedly secured to the latter, said bracket having a cutout at the front thereof adapted to receive said set off therein, a rear body member terminating in a head portion, said rear member having a. cut-out in the bottom thereof for engaging the bracket, when the body is in an upright position, a breast portion, the front and rear body members being secured to the latter, the rear member in a pivotal manner, an arm pivotallv secured to one side of said breast member, and an arm fast to the other side of the latter, the said body proper being fulcrumed in close proximity to its front. and a string secured to the pivotal arm for operating he atte E. CARIBEN. 

